Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All my work , whether original or adapted , has been written more for personal reasons than to fit any perceived format or genre . |
| 2 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table — and final agreement was reached barely 48 hours before Wednesday 17 , opening day of the San Francisco event . |
| 3 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table . |
| 4 | The Primary Enterprise Pack — This support pack has been developed especially for primary school teachers by the Polytechnic of North London . |
| 5 | 10–17 Jesus violates the taboo against healing on the sabbath by healing a woman who has been bent over for many years , justifying this on the grounds that it is even more urgent to help a fellow human being , a woman , than to rescue an animal that has fallen into a ditch ( an exception allowed under the law ) . |
| 6 | In the USA a new manager has been appointed specifically for this and for corporate business . |
| 7 | Although it has been grown here for more than a century , the low-growing variety A. dioicus Kneiffii is , surprisingly , less well known . |
| 8 | Adjustment has been made throughout for intra-industry bulk Scotch Whisky sales . |
| 9 | For example , if you are looking for something for your in-foal mare , choose a supplement which has been made specifically for this purpose such as Medi Equus stud formula . |
| 10 | There is one particular practice that has been singled out for special treatment and that is resale price maintenance . |
| 11 | The British Standard BS 6652 for child resistance is granted to specific combinations of bottle and cap and has been given only for some makes of closures on BS 1679 bottles , which are the ones we use in this hospital . |
| 12 | Although this has been argued over for fifty years , the size of this ancient catastrophe now seems incontrovertible . |
| 13 | Ideally , the EC Commission would step in with a way to prevent the disruption of trade ; but it has been trying unsuccessfully for many months to steer a directive on packaging waste through the council of ministers . |
| 14 | HARTLEPOOL United defender Keith Nobbs has been ruled out for four weeks . |
| 15 | The £750,000 Payton has been ruled out for two weeks with a torn hamstring sustained in the FA Cup replay defeat by Portsmouth . |
| 16 | It 's the latest run in in a dispute which has been rumbling on for some weeks betweenthe Post office and the National Communications union . |
| 17 | Although she has been teaching now for some eight years , on and off , although she enjoys it , feels she is good at it , and would like to go on doing it for the rest of her life if possible , she always feels a twinge of anxiety at the beginning of a new term . |
| 18 | Jean has been teaching there for 24 years . |
| 19 | The export department of Stoddard Carpets has been operating successfully for 26 years . |
| 20 | However , no money has been allocated specifically for this purpose . |
| 21 | This problem has been carrying on for two months or more , and so far I have not found a successful treatment . |
| 22 | The present round of talks , which broke down and sparked the trade war between the US and Europe yesterday , has been going on for six years . |
| 23 | Well I think what came out of it firstly , was thanks to people like you , a tremendous amount of publicity for a problem that is certainly not a new one , one that has been going on for many many years . |
| 24 | In another class , a boy is being cross-examined on complaints by both girls and boys in the class that he has been groping them ; it emerges through class discussion that this has been going on for two years . |
| 25 | The real cause of the trouble is , that parents and teachers always pass on to us , as children , what they themselves have been told , and this has been going on for hundreds , or even thousands of years . |
| 26 | ‘ This has been going on for ten years , ’ he added . |
| 27 | Plant collecting has been going on for thousands of years . |
| 28 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 29 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 30 | The process has been going on for some time . |